vuka vuka

Dedicated to K. Sello Duiker Text: Kees van Loenen Direction and conceptualisation: Roel Twijnstra, advised by Jerry Pooe Music: Michel Banabila in cooperation with McCoy Mrubata and Pops Mohamed Video: Geert Mul THE harsh and tragic lives of South Africa's streetchildren are the theme of Vuka Vuka!, a play to be performed in Joburg by a travelling theatre company. June 9, 2005 By Tammy O'Reilly HUNDREDS of youngsters in Soweto and Doornfontein will get their first glimpse of the performing arts when an international travelling theatre company stops off in Johannesburg as part of its world tour. The 11-year-old Het Waterhuis youth theatre, based in the Netherlands, has been travelling the world building awareness of social issues through its spirited performances. This tour is no different. Different venues in Johannesburg will host performances, from 22 June through to 16 July. Using actors from local theatre groups, Roel Twijnstra of Het Waterhuis, directed and choreographed Vuka Vuka!, which is isiZulu for "Wake up!". The show captures the lives of the homeless children who populate South Africa's major cities of Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg. Vuka Vuka! is a fusion of their stories, telling of the harsh realities of street life, their means of survival and their dreams. Adding a dash of reality to the production, 10 children from the Topsy Foundation in Bryanston, an orphanage and sanctuary for children who are affected by or infected with HIV/Aids, will also ...

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